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Semirara: beyond mining
The continued operation of a coal mining company in the island has allowed the local government to implement various projects and programs beneficial to the residents, according to Mayor Genevive Lim-Reyes. Aside from ...
- June 27, 2015
PH, China mounting talks over sea of cooperation
The Philippines and the People’s Republic of China are scheduled to have “bilateral mechanism” talks over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) dispute this coming May. “Through this bilateral mechanism, mutual trust and maritime ...
- March 29, 2017
More gov't troops in Boracay than Spratlys?
Sen. Francis Pangilinan questioned the deployment of over 600 government troops to popular island resort Boracay in Malay, Aklan. “Boracay is a tourist destination with a long coastline of soft, white sand beach. It is not ...
- April 28, 2018
De Lima seeks probe on suspicious activity in Benham Rise.
Sen. Leila de Lima wants a Senate investigation into the “suspicious” Chinese incursions in Benham Rise. In filing Senate Resolution No. 334, de Lima said the probe seeks to find out why Chinese vessels sailed into Philippine ...
- March 23, 2017
UPV students win telco tilt
Whou would have thought that discarded tahong shells could be used to produced hollow blocks? The group from University of the Philippines Visayas-Tacloban did. Graduating Bachelor of Science Management students Maria ...
- March 19, 2013
Loren mulls new fisheries agency
A bill filed in the Senate seeks to create a Department of Fisheries aimed at conserving the country's fisheries and aquatic resources. In enhancing fish production, Sen. Loren Legarda's Senate Bill No. (SBN) 242 mandates ...
- August 25, 2016
Gov’t mulls Sept. Boracay ‘soft opening’
Boracay may have a “soft opening” on the first week of September, according to the interagency task force overseeing the island’s rehabilitation. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), a member of the task ...
- June 21, 2018